Have you ever considered Rugby? - Page 2

Jimbuna · 03-12-22, 06:26 AM

Played it at school but can't say I liked it, much preferred football/soccer.

Aktungbby · 03-12-22, 12:20 PM

^ That was my HS & college Letterman fall sport sport at the goalie or inside position

< ('72) I'm the good lookin' one!...half
a century ago!!!

Commander Wallace · 03-12-22, 12:23 PM

Which one is you, Vinnie ?

Eichhörnchen · 03-12-22, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Played it at school but can't say I liked it, much preferred football/soccer.

So did I but when they introduced soccer we were given the option to study for another 'O'Level instead. I chose geology over soccer because after a few games, during which I scored an own-goal and got treated like I'd just murdered a baby, I decided it wasn't for me... it seemed to bring out the worst in people

Aktungbby · 03-12-22, 01:47 PM

Sorry I don't recall

I need my Aricept!

but it was a great team; 11 of those guys were from Minneapolis conference schools incl one from my hometown; and so we'd already played each other for 3 years.Others were from Brazil, Mexico Thailand and Germany. The guy in the center(behind the ball) is a retired USAF Captain and Northwest airline pilot and we still exchange good ol' fashion Xmas Cards...going on half a century!

He actually sent that photo to my cell phone! Unlike rugby or wrestling, I wasn't a captain...but when you're in the nets goaltending...the buck (and ball)sure stops with U!

MGR1 · 03-12-22, 02:33 PM

First rule of playing rugby: as soon as you get a hold of the ball, get rid of it ASAP. Having to be peeled out of the ground during rugby at school reinforced that lesson immeasurably.

Mike.

mapuc · 03-12-22, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MGR1

First rule of playing rugby: as soon as you get a hold of the ball, get rid of it ASAP. Having to be peeled out of the ground during rugby at school reinforced that lesson immeasurably.

Mike.

Remember to throw the ball back and not forward.

Markus

MGR1 · 03-12-22, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

Remember to throw the ball back and not forward.

Markus

Didn't matter to me!

Mike.

Rockstar · 03-12-22, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Which one is you, Vinnie ?

I think he’s the one sitting left front row.

Aktungbby · 03-12-22, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockstar

I think he’s the one sitting left front row.

That good ol' Hamm's beer-swiller could really "Thai one on"

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Originally Posted by MGR1

First rule of playing rugby: as soon as you get a hold of the ball, get rid of it ASAP. Having to be peeled out of the ground during rugby at school reinforced that lesson immeasurably.

Indeed! Soccer goalkeeping with punts from the goal crease was cross-training for my punting the rugby ball well down field to bounce out of touch for the line-outs; The other cross-training was wrestling takedowns as Rugby tackles; utterly indispensable for a small hooker vs a 280 lb prop or second row behemouth!! The other trick for a speedy 140 pounder, me, was never to pick up the ball in a loose ruck-instantly fatal! but rather to foot it soccer-style even as others bent to reach for it...as I got close to the end-zone; Some dolt would excitedly check or bump me off the dribble; drawing a "playing the man without the ball'' penalty kick, or on a few occasions, the umpire would award a penalty try outright. If in a scrum near our own end zone I would break out of the scrum and retire into the endzone to await the ball carrier head-on trapping the ball between and falling on my back so that there was no downward pressure placement of the ball on the ground for try. The umpire would blow dead ball and we'd have a 5 yard scrum! I did this to one poor fellow three times within 5 minutes and on the 3rd such scrum finally cleared the ball waaaay downfield with a punt....He, scoreless the whole game, was not happy with me at the post game Hamm's kegger!

One thing I could never do, regrettably, was drop-kick on the run for field goals...That was our player-coach ex-Irish Shamrock's job!

August · 03-12-22, 11:09 PM

In the Army sometimes for morning PT we used to play what they called "Combat Football", kind of like full contact soccer. Kinda reminds me of Rugby

em2nought · 03-13-22, 01:12 AM

I don't really want to play or watch, I just want to do the haka.

Jimbuna · 03-13-22, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Which one is you, Vinnie ?

Back row, furthest left, wearing the cap

Commander Wallace · 03-13-22, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Back row, furthest left, wearing the cap

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Originally Posted by Rockstar

I think he’s the one sitting left front row.

It can't be. That's a decent and reasonable looking chap wearing the cap.

He's wearing a tie as well. That chap looks a bit ancient too. I know we just celebrated a birthday here yesterday but give Vinnie some credit.

* Ducks and runs from the inevitable fallout *

Jimbuna · 03-13-22, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

It can't be. That's a decent and reasonable looking chap wearing the cap.

He's wearing a tie as well. That chap looks a bit ancient too. I know we just celebrated a birthday here yesterday but give Vinnie some credit.

* Ducks and runs from the inevitable fallout *

03-12-22, 06:26 AM	#16
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,120 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Played it at school but can't say I liked it, much preferred football/soccer. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

03-12-22, 12:20 PM	#17
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,848 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	^ That was my HS & college Letterman fall sport sport at the goalie or inside position < ('72) I'm the good lookin' one!...half a century ago!!! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

03-12-22, 01:47 PM	#20
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,848 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	@ CW: Its NOT "is you" ... its WuzU! Sorry I don't recall I need my Aricept! but it was a great team; 11 of those guys were from Minneapolis conference schools incl one from my hometown; and so we'd already played each other for 3 years.Others were from Brazil, Mexico Thailand and Germany. The guy in the center(behind the ball) is a retired USAF Captain and Northwest airline pilot and we still exchange good ol' fashion Xmas Cards...going on half a century! He actually sent that photo to my cell phone! Unlike rugby or wrestling, I wasn't a captain...but when you're in the nets goaltending...the buck (and ball)sure stops with U! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 03-12-22 at 02:00 PM.

03-12-22, 02:33 PM	#21
MGR1 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom Posts: 956 Downloads: 252 Uploads: 0	First rule of playing rugby: as soon as you get a hold of the ball, get rid of it ASAP. Having to be peeled out of the ground during rugby at school reinforced that lesson immeasurably. Mike. __________________ "I am the battleship Jean Bart. This name originates from a certain 'respected' privateer... Yes? You want to know what privateers are? Hmph, they are pirates that rob openly under the banner of their country." Jean Bart from the mobile game Azur Lane.

03-12-22, 11:09 PM	#26
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,667 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In the Army sometimes for morning PT we used to play what they called "Combat Football", kind of like full contact soccer. Kinda reminds me of Rugby __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,015 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	Which one is you, Vinnie ?

03-13-22, 01:12 AM	#27
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,262 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't really want to play or watch, I just want to do the haka. __________________ Looks like we need a Lemon Law for Presidents now! DNC sold us a dud, and they knew it.